President’s Achievement Award

The President’s Achievement Award is presented each year for contributions to space medicine and/or contributions to the Space Medicine Association. It is chosen solely by the current President of the Space Medicine Association.

The conquest of the outskirts of the atmosphere, and eventually space, is a revolutionary event, comparable only to the transition of the aquatic animals to the land in geologic times.
Hubertus Strughold, 1952

2017 Presidents Award Winner

Dr. Jeff Myers

As I thought about the President’s award this year, I went back to the tenants of this organization: The association was founded for the express purpose of advancing the science and art of space medicine and the biological sciences, with special emphasis on the problems facing humans in the space environment.
We have a member who generously supports this mission not only financially, but more importantly with his time to encourage the advancement of space medicine with our students and early career professionals. You have already heard the purpose of the Jeff Myers Young Investigator Award and been introduced to this year’s winner. What you may not realize is the incredible amount of time Dr. Myers dedicates to this every year. The number of careers he has impacted through his dedication to the Young Investigator Award are many. For that, I would like to recognize Dr. Myers with this year’s president’s award.